Artist Pharaoh Baker with his painting | Artist Pharaoh Baker with his painting | Still Image | Artists African Americans Painting Art Artists studios Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings | Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings | Still Image | Artists Sculptors Painters Fieldwork Sculpture Painting Art Decorative arts African Americans Figurines Artists studios | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings
- Date
- 1979-08
- Description
- Fifteen color slides. Baker with his sculptures and paintings. Several images of Baker's paintings are included. Baker, whose first painting was a copy of a church hand fan for which he was paid five dollars when he was a child, studied art at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He worked for years as a professional sign painter in Lake City, but also created emotionally charged and religiously influenced paintings and sculptures on the side. Folklorist Blanton Owen has described his work as 'blues on canvas'. Baker died in 2002. For an interview with Baker, see S 1576, box 11, C84-2
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Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Still Image | Artists Painters Fieldwork Painting Art Sculpture Decorative arts Figurines Exhibits | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artwork by Pharaoh Baker
- Date
- 1981-05-23
- Description
- Proof sheet with eleven color images (plus negatives). Also, eleven duplicate prints.
- Collection
Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Still Image | Painters Sculptors Fieldwork Painting Art Decorative arts African Americans Material culture Sculpture Figurines Metal craft Metal sculpture Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artwork by Pharaoh Baker
- Date
- 1987-10
- Description
- Thirty color slides. Baker, whose first painting was a copy of a church hand fan for which he was paid five dollars when he a child, studied art at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He worked for years as a professional sign painter in Lake City and made emotionally charged and religiously influenced paintings and sculptures on the side. Folklorist Blanton Owen has described his work as 'blues on canvas'. Baker died in 2002. For an interview with Baker, S1576, box 11, C84-2. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church | Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church | Still Image | Fieldwork Community culture Community rites Shape note singing Musical tradition, sacred Painting Churches Wooden churches Church buildings Church architecture Church attendance Baptist church buildings Primitive Baptists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church
- Date
- 1994-01-30
- Description
- Twenty color slides. This church was first visited by the Florida Folklife Program back in the late 1970s as part of the North Florida Folklife Project. The members sing in the shaped note singing tradition.
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Cecilia Compor | Cecilia Compor | Still Image | Mehndi (Body painting) Body painting Art Body art Painting Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cecilia Compor
- Date
- 1990-10
- Description
- Five color slides. Images of Cecilia Compor's Mehndi designs in Miami.
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Chuck Carr making fishing lures | Chuck Carr making fishing lures | Still Image | Wood carvers Artisans Fishing lures Fishing Wood carving Wood craft Craft Material culture Painting Fishing tackle | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Chuck Carr making fishing lures
- Date
- 1989-01
- Description
- Eighteen color slides. Images of Carr carving, painting, and displaying hand-made fishing lures.
- Collection
Columbia Festival | Columbia Festival | Still Image | Fieldwork Wood carving Figurines Material culture Decorative arts Decoration and ornament Art Festivals Special events Latinos Painting Wood carvers Artisans Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Columbia Festival
- Date
- 1985-07-20
- Description
- Twenty-one color slides. Images of the Columbia Festival in Miami. Includes eight slides of Orta's wood carvings and three slides of Bustos' paintings. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Edie Mahalik painting eggs at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Edie Mahalik painting eggs at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Egg decoration Painting Eggs Craft Demonstrations Material culture Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Edie Mahalik painting eggs at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Edie Mahalik painting eggs at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Artisans Festivals Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Egg decoration Eggs Decorative arts Decoration and ornament Painting Arts, Czechoslovakia | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |